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Jonathon didn t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above [#permalink] New post   18 Jun 2013, 02:52
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Jonathon didn’t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above his house and take off like a streak across the sky.

a) didn’t believe in UFOs until he saw one
b) don’t believe in UFOs until he saw one
c) believed not in UFOs until he seen one
d) hasn’t believed in UFOs until he sees one
e) didn’t never believe in UFOs until he saw one

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Re: Jonathon didn t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2014, 17:13
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mohammadalsheikh wrote:
hello guys,

i just want to note that, there is a parallelism error in your sentence:

" and take off like ..... " so how could we use the simple past tense while " take off " is simple present form.

please correct me if i am wrong.

thank you


Hello

Jonathon didn’t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above his house and take off like a streak across the sky.

The two blue parts are parallel. They modify "one"/the UFO. That's why simple present tense is correct.

Hope it helps.
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Re: Jonathon didn t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above [#permalink] New post   18 Jun 2013, 03:55
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Jonathon didn’t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above his house and take off like a streak across the sky.

a) didn’t believe in UFOs until he saw one
b) don’t believe in UFOs until he saw one
c) believed not in UFOs until he seen one
d) hasn’t believed in UFOs until he sees one
e) didn’t never believe in UFOs until he saw one


Its perfect as it it :) [A]!

b) don’t believe in UFOs until he saw one -- plurality which is wrong
c) believed not in UFOs until he seen one -- the structure is unnecessary complicated.
d) hasn’t believed in UFOs until he sees one -- changes the meaning of the parent sentence
e) didn’t never believe in UFOs until he saw one -- two negatives in a sentence which is wrong as well.

Hence the answer should be [A]. Hope my explanation is accurate!

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Re: Jonathon didn t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above [#permalink] New post   19 Jun 2013, 19:00
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The correct answer is "A" because it's in simple past tense.
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Re: Jonathon didn t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2014, 04:39
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hello guys,

i just want to note that, there is a parallelism error in your sentence:

" and take off like ..... " so how could we use the simple past tense while " take off " is simple present form.

please correct me if i am wrong.

thank you
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Re: Jonathon didn t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2014, 22:30
Hello,

thank you, nice and simple explanation.
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Re: Jonathon didn t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2018, 03:56
Jonathan Saw UFO should be in past tense
So narrow down to A .b and E
E -include didnt and never -OUT
B-dont and saw .. timeline si not correct

So A is correct answer
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Jonathon didn t believe in UFOs until he saw one hover above [#permalink] New post   03 Jun 2019, 20:32
Dear Team,

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Kindly help in understanding why D is wrong. A detailed explanation will be helpful
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